Making it Nurgly, one glaze at a time...

We have returned to Cathy's fun fest with the Ultraforge demon.  As you saw in the original post, she did her take on the Shaded Basecoat technique, and then began defining areas with glazes.

Once she had made those initial washes into the open sores and other crevices, it was time to work on what 'skin' there was.  She tried out a new glaze color I had picked up months ago, but had not tried out myself... the Waywatcher green.

Now she is getting that second type of contrast.  First there is value contrast, the difference between light and dark.  Now she establishes color contrast by juxtaposing the greens and reds directly opposite of each other.

She wanted to hit the bandages and other items that needed weathering.  Since red and green together make brown, you only need to add in a touch of yellow to get something nice and icky!!!

You can see how she is making maximum use of the palette, presenting a whole array of colors for her to choose from right away, instead of having to stop and mix a new color over and over.

He's really starting to take shape, even at this relatively early stage.

You can see just how quickly she can establish even more contrast in critical areas with the supplemental applications of washes and glazes.  Very targeted, very controlled.

Looking nice and nasty so far!  I wonder what she has in mind as a base...

Similar but different... Cathy's Shaded Basecoat technique

Yes, Cathy wielding brushes... with bad intentions!  

With the recent bombardment of Shaded Basecoat posts lately, I thought I would hit you with some more, but this time from Cathy's perspective!

The essentials are the same, work globally, rapidly, with large brushes, and lighter.

As you can see, she got things started off with those lighter midtone shades, making some classic Nurgle Pastel shades!

While this all looks 'white', you can see by the previous image of the palette that it certainly is not.  The idea is, as always, to get a sense of where you want basic direction of colors to be headed.

Now comes the fun part!  Cathy sets out some washes, including those Secret Weapon washes.  The purple and ruby are something you have not see me use very much.  I did work with them on some of the videos, but it was nice to see them being splashed about again!

Here is that example of the 'watercolor' style again of the "negative painting".  That is, defining edges by the use of darker shading with the washes.  She is preserving her lights, and concentrating the washes on the other side of the edge where she wants the contrast.

An interesting look at the palette.  You can see her original colors of the shaded basecoat, and then her washes.  Obviously it is far less chaotic (see less messy!) than my typical mayhem.

A look at the demon, which is an Ultraforge piece, by the way.

Stay tuned for the next dramatic episode of Fifty Shaded Basecoats of Cathy.

Lords of the flies

What did we just step in?  Anyway, the promised Nurgle Marines are now here!

I believe these are the only Nurgle marines I have ever painted.  It was lots of fun.  I was able to use a much different palette than normal, and some different icons as well!  The rest of the squad will be posted later when we get back home...













Here are a few WIP images that once again illustrate the idea of painting lighter, and then glazing and shading and tinting darker colors later:

Unclean, Unclean!

Here's the last of the Plague Ogryns.  Up next, the Plague Marines!

Hey, did you smell that?

Well, I guess that was me :-)

Here's another plague Ogryn.  The way the skin was sculpted on these minis was pretty unusual, and I had to change my usual approach when painting it.  I didn't want all the little divots to look like nothing more than a dirty golf ball, so I tried to get a little actual 'color' into each one, no matter how dark it was.

Something stinks...

Ah, so all you devotees of the Great Unclean One thought that you had been abandoned by Wappelville.

Not so!

A batch of Plague Ogryn have been "unearthed", so to speak, and will now find their way to the blog, along with some of their bloated brothers.

Here is the first of three Forgeworld Plague Ogryns.  These guys helped to hone w new technique using glaze medium.  I would generously mix that with my paints, allowing me to create all sorts of wild (and icky) color combos.  Some wet into wet was also facilitated, as the medium extends the drying time significantly.